Date 2025: 04.09. - 13.09.25
Day 1
San Jon - Ftan - Ardez - Susch
We ride through the old village centre of Scuol, which is well worth seeing. If you feel like it, take a sip of healthy mineral water from the fountain. The route continues to Ftan, then past Chanoua, which used to be an important meeting point and transhipment centre for the Merano-Chiasso freight traffic. In Guarda (1653m), the birthplace of Schellen-Ursli, we admire the imposing Engadin houses, richly decorated with scraffiti.
Day 2
Susch - Zernez - Cinuos-chel
Now we ride along the Inn to Zernez, the picturesque Engadine village which is the gateway to the Swiss National Park, the largest protected area in Switzerland with a fascinating wilderness and many Alpine animals and plants. We ride on to Chinuos-chel in the Upper Engadine.
Day 3
Cinuos-chel - Val Susauna - Alp Funtauna - Scalettapass - Dürrboden
We ride through the quiet Val Susauna. At the southern end of the hamlet of Susauna, the muleteers spent the night on their way north; the cellar served as a stable. We climb up to Alp Funtana to the highest point of the Via Valtelina, the Scalettapass (2606m). A stony but wonderful descent with far-reaching views leads us to Dürrboden.
Day 4
Dürrboden - Davos - Klosters - Schlappin
Through the Dischma valley, on historic mule tracks, past lush mountain meadows, we reach Davos, the highest alpine town (1560m). We continue over the Wolfgang Pass (1637m) to Klosters. From there we ride to the remote and romantic Schlappin, a former Walser settlement.
Day 5
Schlappin - Schlappinerjoch - Gargellen
For many centuries, wine was transported from the Italian Valtellina through Switzerland to the Montafon on horseback along the Via Valtellina. The route leads across alpine meadows up to the Schlappiner Joch (2203) and on the other side, with a magnificent view over the Montafon, to the highest place in the Montafon, the mountain village of Gargellen, the border to Graubünden.
Day 6
Gargellen - St. Gallenkirch - Gortipohl
The route follows the Suggadinbach stream downhill to St. Gallenkirch (878m). A beautiful forest path takes you at a brisk pace to Gortipohl.
Day 7
Gortipohl/St. Gallenkirch - Gaschurns - Partenen - Verbella Alpe - Kopssee - Galtür
We continue along the small river Jll, always with a view of the Silvretta mountain range. After Partenen (1051 m), a steep ascent leads us to the cosy Verbella Alpe (1934 m), where a snack with fresh cheese etc. awaits us. We then ride along a picturesque gravel road to the Kopsstausee reservoir and on to Galtür (1584 m) in the rear Paznaun valley, where Albert Einstein and his physicist colleague Erwin Schrödinger also stayed.
Day 8
Galtür - Paznautal - Ischgl - Bodenalpe - Heidelbergerhütte
Even though relations have become less close over the last few centuries, there is still a connection between Sent and Ischgl today: the Fimberalp, which is used in summer by cattle from Sent and Ischgl. The DAV's Heidelbergerhütte, which is actually located in Ramosch, is also often used by the people of Sent as an excursion destination. Until 100 years ago, Paznaun was difficult to access from Landeck. In search of pastureland, the people of the Lower Engadin pushed northwards: the inhabitants of Guarda and Ardez, over the Vermunt Pass into the Ochsental valley and over the Pass da Futschöl into the Jamtal valley and to Galtür.
Until the beginning of the 16th century, Ischgl also remained closely linked to Sent in ecclesiastical terms. One tradition claims that the people of Ischgl were buried in Sent. The relatives carried their dead on a 10-hour march over the Fimber Pass to bury them in the consecrated earth of San Peder. In winter, they had the bodies frozen so that in spring, as soon as conditions allowed, they could accompany them in long columns to their final resting place.
We ride along the Trisanna river to Ischgl. There we ride uphill through the beautiful Fimbertal valley, all along the Fimbabach stream to the Bodenalpe, Gampenalpe, Fimba Alpe and finally to the Heidelbergerhütte. The Heidelberger Hütte (2264m) is a refuge run by the Heidelberg section of the German Alpine Club in the rear Fimba Valley at the foot of the Fluchthorn (3399m) in the middle of the Silvretta. It is the only hut of the German Alpine Club located on Swiss soil.
Day 9
Heidelberger Hütte - Fimbaerpass - Griosch - Zuort
After an ascent of almost 400 metres, we reach the Fimberpass (2608m). If you are lucky you will see ibexes. Now follows a long descent through the Val Chöglias to Griosch, a Maiensäss settlement at 1812m at the back of the Val Sinestra. Another short stretch and we reach the playful, museum-like Zuort farm. Until the twentieth century, Zuort was a Swiss customs office on the Fimber Pass. It is therefore quite possible that you will be asked by a young lady in a dirndl ‘Can you please open your rucksack or saddlebag, is there anything to declare?’
Day 10
Zuort farm - Val Sinestra - Sent - San Jon
We ride along a forest road through the wild Val Sinestra, past forest clearings, small mayens and lush meadows. In the beautiful Engadine village of Sent, we slowly return to civilisation. We can now see our destination of San Jon from time to time on the opposite side of the valley.
Programme and route subject to change.
Services:
10 riding days
7 nights in a hotel and 2 nights in a hut in double and multi-bed rooms with half board (without drinks)
10 lunches
Horse with equipment
Luggage transport
Riding guide
